Kartik Kakar
For the last 15 months, Mousumi Stafford has been fighting for justice for her brother. Now, sheâs keenly following the political developments ahead of the Assembly election in Assam, scheduled for between March 27 and April 6. For Mousumi, this election will prove to be decisive.
On December 12, 2019, Sam Stafford, 17, died in police firing during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Guwahati. The law, passed in the parliament the day before, gives citizenship to undocumented, non-Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Assam erupted in violent protests as many saw the law as a violation of the 1985 Assam Accord, which committed the central government to removing all âillegal immigrantsâ who entered the state after March 24, 1971.
Guwahati Will See Grand Memorial in Memory of Anti-CAA Movement in Incoming Congress Govt : Ripun Bora
Earlier, Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi launched the party s campaign for the Assam Assembly elections from a public meeting in Sivasagar.
| 16 Feb 2021 9:34 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: The Assam Congress announced that it will build a memorial of the anti-CAA movement in Guwahati if voted to power in the upcoming state assembly polls.
Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora in a tweet wrote, In the coming months, Guwahati will see a new landmark: a grand memorial in memory of the anti-CAA movement to be built by the incoming Congress government.
The Congress on Tuesday promised to build a memorial for the “martyrs” of the movement against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) if it is voted back to power in Assam.Five people were allegedly ki
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: The All Assam Students Union (AASU) took out a massive torchlight rally from Swahid Nyas at Uzan Bazar here on Friday evening to register its protests and opposition against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). Such rallies were also carried from different parts of the State.
The City Police made elaborate security arrangements in and around Swaid Nyas premises on Friday and prevented the torchlight rally soon after it was taken out by top AASU leaders and workers.
AASU chief advisor Dr Samujjal Bhattacharjya, while condemning the police and Assam Government to prevent the students organization to take out the torchlight rally in a peaceful and democratic ways, demanded that the government to give exemplary punishment to the police officials responsible for the brutal killing of two youths –Sam Stafford and Dipanjal Das – on the city streets during the anti-CAA movement.
Assam: Raijor Dal Hears All Stakeholders on Day 2 of State Convention
On the day 2 of the 3-day state convention of Raijor Dal hears all the stakeholders from different sections of the society that the party needs to focus on
| 8 Jan 2021 11:09 AM GMT
Moran: On the second day of the three-day state convention, the recently formed regional political party of Assam, Raijor Dal met with stakeholders from different sections of the society, eminent personalities of different tribes and communities of Assam, educationists and intellectuals to get their feedback and hear from them issues that the party needs to focus on in the coming days.